Sketchfab Search API

Search public Sketchfab content.

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sketchfab-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Sketchfab Data Search API
  description: 'The Sketchfab Data API v3 provides programmatic read and write access to Sketchfab content. Authenticated callers can upload new 3D models, edit model metadata and settings, manage collections, comments, likes, and bookmarks, search the public model catalog, and administer organizations and projects. Public endpoints (model search, model detail, user profile) are available without authentication.

    '
  version: v3
  contact:
    name: Sketchfab Developer Support
    url: https://support.fab.com/s/?ProductOrigin=Sketchfab
  license:
    name: Sketchfab Developer Terms of Use
    url: https://sketchfab.com/developers/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.sketchfab.com
  description: Production API
security:
- OAuth2: []
- ApiTokenAuth: []
tags:
- name: Search
  description: Search public Sketchfab content.
paths:
  /v3/models:
    get:
      summary: Search 3D Models
      description: Search the public catalog of 3D models with full-text query, tags, categories, license, downloadable filter, and sort options.
      operationId: searchModels
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        description: Full-text search query.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: tags
        in: query
        description: Comma-separated list of tag slugs.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: categories
        in: query
        description: Comma-separated list of category slugs.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: downloadable
        in: query
        description: Restrict to downloadable models.
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: license
        in: query
        description: License filter (e.g. by, by-sa, cc0, ed, st).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: sort_by
        in: query
        description: Sort order (-publishedAt, -likeCount, -viewCount, -processedAt).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: cursor
        in: query
        description: Pagination cursor returned by previous response.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated list of models.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModelList'
  /v3/search:
    get:
      summary: Search Sketchfab
      description: Unified search across models, collections, and users with a `type` selector.
      operationId: search
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - name: type
        in: query
        description: One of `models`, `collections`, or `users`.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - models
          - collections
          - users
      - name: q
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
components:
  schemas:
    Model:
      type: object
      properties:
        uid:
          type: string
        uri:
          type: string
          format: uri
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        viewerUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
        embedUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
        thumbnails:
          type: object
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              slug:
                type: string
              name:
                type: string
        categories:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Category'
        license:
          type: object
          properties:
            slug:
              type: string
            label:
              type: string
            uri:
              type: string
        user:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
        isDownloadable:
          type: boolean
        animationCount:
          type: integer
        vertexCount:
          type: integer
        faceCount:
          type: integer
        viewCount:
          type: integer
        likeCount:
          type: integer
        commentCount:
          type: integer
        publishedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    User:
      type: object
      properties:
        uid:
          type: string
        username:
          type: string
        displayName:
          type: string
        profileUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
        account:
          type: string
          description: Plan slug (basic, plus, pro, premium, business, enterprise).
        avatar:
          type: object
    ModelList:
      type: object
      properties:
        cursors:
          type: object
          properties:
            next:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            previous:
              type: string
              nullable: true
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Model'
    Category:
      type: object
      properties:
        slug:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        uri:
          type: string
          format: uri
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Sketchfab OAuth 2.0. Access tokens are valid for one month.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://sketchfab.com/oauth2/authorize/
          tokenUrl: https://sketchfab.com/oauth2/token/
          refreshUrl: https://sketchfab.com/oauth2/token/
          scopes:
            read: Read access to the caller's account, models, and collections.
            write: Create, update, and delete the caller's models and collections.
    ApiTokenAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'Personal API token sent as `Authorization: Token <token>`.'